Stuff story
Would love to see the ATR-72's replaced with small jet's like this, hate slow noisy prop flights.
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Lias: Stuff story
Would love to see the ATR-72's replaced with small jet's like this, hate slow noisy prop flights.
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Lias: I currently pay the same price for Wellington <-> Christchurch seat regardless of whether the flight is on A320's or ATR72's, I can't imagine it's going to change that much if it becomes A320's or MRJ's, but even if it did cost slightly more, I'd pay it for a faster, quieter flight.
Lias: I currently pay the same price for Wellington <-> Christchurch seat regardless of whether the flight is on A320's or ATR72's, I can't imagine it's going to change that much if it becomes A320's or MRJ's, but even if it did cost slightly more, I'd pay it for a faster, quieter flight.
alasta:Lias: I currently pay the same price for Wellington <-> Christchurch seat regardless of whether the flight is on A320's or ATR72's, I can't imagine it's going to change that much if it becomes A320's or MRJ's, but even if it did cost slightly more, I'd pay it for a faster, quieter flight.
Have you flown on one of the new ATR72-600? The noise level actually isn't too bad.
sbiddle:alasta:Lias: I currently pay the same price for Wellington <-> Christchurch seat regardless of whether the flight is on A320's or ATR72's, I can't imagine it's going to change that much if it becomes A320's or MRJ's, but even if it did cost slightly more, I'd pay it for a faster, quieter flight.
Have you flown on one of the new ATR72-600? The noise level actually isn't too bad.
It's still pretty high, and gets pretty annoying on a 1hr50 flight to Dunedin.
Unfortunately noise cancelling headphones like my Bose ones aren't as effectively on turboprops as jets, but at least make it bearable.
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I'm a geek, a gamer, a dad, a Quic user, and an IT Professional. I have a full rack home lab, size 15 feet, an epic beard and Asperger's. I'm a bit of a Cypherpunk, who believes information wants to be free and the Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. If you use my Quic signup you can also use the code R570394EKGIZ8 for free setup.
sbiddle: As Air NZ look to replace the Q300's in probably 5 years the ATR42 would be a logical choice for this as well due to the type rating being very similar so I'm sure ATR would love to be get this contract as well.
Have you flown on one of the new ATR72-600? The noise level actually isn't too bad.
It's still pretty high, and gets pretty annoying on a 1hr50 flight to Dunedin.
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Lias: Stuff story
Would love to see the ATR-72's replaced with small jet's like this, hate slow noisy prop flights.
Sony Xperia XA2 running Sailfish OS. https://sailfishos.org The true independent open source mobile OS
Samsung Galaxy Tab S6
Dell Inspiron 14z i5
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